Cops: 17-year-old threatened suicide on Verrazano

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Authorities rescued a 17-year-old male bicyclist from Brooklyn who threatened suicide on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge early on Monday morning, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD.

MTA Bridge and Tunnel officers teamed with NYPD Emergency Service Unit members to bring the teen safely off the span, said a spokesman for the MTA.

The teen called 911 and said he wanted to commit suicide, police said.

Bridge and Tunnel officers responded to a report of a bicyclist on the upper level of the westbound span at 12:47 a.m. and an abandoned bicycle was spotted at 12:49 a.m., according to the MTA.

The emotionally disturbed teen was wandering on the catwalk of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, a spokesman for the MTA said.

ESU and EMS also responded and at 1:41 a.m., the teen was taken into custody and then transported by EMS to Staten Island University Hospital at 1:52 a.m, the MTA said.

The teen suffered no injuries and was taken to the medical facility for evaluation, police said.